The next city and country I am visiting on my beer around the world trek is Edinburgh, Scotland.  Here I found a little brewery called Innis and Gunn.  I will be sampling their rum cask oak aged Scotch Ale.  According to the bottle, it has been aged for 57 days in American and rum infused oak.

Appearance:  I am sampling this one chilled in my Maudite tulip glass.  A hard pour produces a nice pinkish white, two finger head.  The hue is a brilliant, deep ruby red.  It is very nice, a very unique color for a beer and probably a corollary of the rum cask aging.

Smell: aromas of burnt brown sugar and baked cinnamon apples shine through.  A pleasant flan-like dessert quality comes to mind.

Taste: delicious!  The rum aging gives a wonderful vanilla, toffee, and hint of molasses.  With each sip evokes a brown breadiness and layers of malt and hop enshrouded by the vanilla oak. What a tasty brew.

Look for this along with Innis and Gunn’s oak aged original Scottish ale at your local ABC. 

Beer blogger Adam Shugan is the manager of our Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala store